Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that winds cloth from one form to another to facilitate further processing: Threads cloth from supply truck, bale, or roll through guides and rollers to takeup roll, tube, or rod, or sews cloth to end of leader in machine, using sewing machine.

• 2) Turns handwheel to adjust width guides.

• 3) Starts machine and observes cloth to detect irregular seams and torn selvages.

• 4) Pushes lever to control tension on cloth and speed of machine.

• 5) Cuts out flaws and combines several cuts of cloth to form one roll, sewing ends with portable sewing machine.

• 6) Records yardage clock reading on order ticket.

• 7) Removes full rolls from machine onto handtruck by hand or using hoist.

• 8) May wrap cloth roll for storage or shipping.

• 9) May be designated according to process for which cloth is being wound as Boiling-Off Winder; type of material wound as Carpet Winder; or type of winding machine used as Reeling-And-Tubing-Machine Operator.